82025Apr
In Books

Book Publication: Sphere of Understanding: Tartu Dialogues with Semioticians

Kull, Kalevi and Velmezova, Ekaterina. Sphere of Understanding: Tartu Dialogues with Semioticians. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435985 The book presents dialogues with fourteen highly influential semioticians: Juri Lotman, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Boris Uspenskij, Umberto Eco, Paolo Fabbri, Myrdene Anderson, Winfried Nöth, Gunther Kress, Roland Posner, Stuart Kauffman, Jesper Hoffmeyer, Terrence Deacon, Paul Cobley, and Jaan…

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72025Apr
In Books

Book Publication: Semiotics of Friendship: An Encyclopedic Approach

Emmeche, Claus. Semiotics of Friendship: An Encyclopedic Approach. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111423098 A friend should be able to be an attentive listener, which made semiotician Roland Barthes wonder in his intriguing dictionary of love, “cannot friendship be defined as a space with total sonority?”. This volume takes on the encyclopedic task – in…

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72025Apr
In Congresses and Seminars

Call for Participation “Artificial vs. Natural Creativity: Semiotic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives” EFSS XXIX 6-9 September 2025, Sozopol, Bulgaria

We invite scholars, researchers, and students to an interdisciplinary academic forum exploring the evolving landscape of creativity and creative labor in the age of Artificial Intelligence. This event will address two key perspectives: first, the semiotic analysis of creativity as a textual strategy for AI-driven content generation, and second, the practical implications for current and…

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42025Apr
In Journal

Journal Publication: Southern Semiotic Review

The current edition of the Southern Semiotic Review Issue 21 2025 (I) journal can be found here. As with previous issues there is a good range of international authors. There is still room for one or two publication ready papers for the forthcoming mid year issue, or else generally for the end of the year.

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42025Apr
In Bulletin Board Announcements

4th Paolo Fabbri Summer School of Semiotic Methodology

Circolo Semiologico Siciliano presents the fourth edition of the Paolo Fabbri Summer School of Semiotic Methodology. A week of lectures, workshops, and conferences aimed at undergraduate students, doctoral candidates, and researchers in the field. The theme of this edition is Political Rhetoric: Actions and Passions. The goal of the sessions is to provide tools for…

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32025Apr
In Journal

Journal Publication : Cygne noir – Signes humains

C’est avec plaisir que nous annonçons la parution du 13ᵉ numéro du Cygne noir, codirigé par Simon Levesque et Félix Danos : Signes humains. Il suit le thème du numéro précédent sur l’Anthropologie sémiotique (2024). Les numéros sont disponibles en accès libre sur la plateforme Érudit! Le prochain numéro (14, 2026) portera sur le thème « Colonialité/décolonialité ». Un appel…

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12025Apr
In Bulletin Board Announcements

Burkinabe Semiotics Association (BSA)

The IASS is happy to share the news about the creation of the Burkinabe Semiotics Association (BSA). The Burkinabe Semiotics Association (BSA) was established on March 2025 in Ouagadougou. It has the following main objectives: 1.     to work towards for the development of fundamental and/or applied semiotics research in universities and research centres in Burkina…

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312025Mar
In Bulletin Board Announcements

Gabonese Semiotics Association (GSA)

The IASS is happy to share the news about the creation of the Gabonese Semiotics Association (GSA). The Gabonese Semiotics Association (GSA) was founded in March 2023 in Libreville. It is made up of a number of academics from different establishments in Gabon’s higher education system.Its board is made up of the following members: *…

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252025Mar
In Presidential Message

IASS-AIS supports the Stand up for Science movement

In March 2025, The New York Times published a list of more than 200 words and phrases, whose use is now strongly discouraged in the U.S.A’s public policy documents, drawn up by the current US administration. This list serves, among other things, as a guide for ongoing budget cuts and layoffs. Attack against language is…

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